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Legal Challenge Updates
Just a little more help needed with medical exemption case!!!
Whilst we wait for a decision from the judge in relation to the legal case challenging Centrelink’s decision to reject a doctor’s certified medical exemption (for the purposes of Child Care Subsidy), the previous legal bill still has nearly $8,000 overdue and therefore we need to raise this money urgently for the plaintiff. This legal…
UPDATE: Appeal has been heard in the Federal Court
The appeal was heard in the Federal Court last week and the judge has reserved his decision (meaning he will deliver his decision at a later date). We have just received a legal bill which we hope will wrap up this case. Unfortunately the funds to date don’t cover this bill and therefore we urgently…
Update: Federal Court Vaccine Medical Exemption Appeal
With less than two weeks to go until the hearing, we are taking this opportunity to provide our wonderful donors with an outline of the case. Background to the appeal Towards the end of 2018 (Yes, three years ago), the appellant’s doctor advised against vaccinating her then 2.5 year old daughter and wrote a medical…
Federal Court to hear medical exemption legal challenge by end of year
As we previously advised, a Notice of Appeal was filed in the federal court in late July. We are pleased to report that the case will be heard by the Federal Court before the end of the year, with the exact date yet to be fixed. Work on the case is well under way, but…
Initial fundraising goal reached
We did it! The community response to this fundraiser has been absolutely incredible, and the fundraising goal of $40,000 has been reached in just 10 days. We are humbled and absolutely blown away by the support. This covers the currently expected legal costs for now, but we don’t know if it will stop here. There…
Donation goal increased to $40,000
As of 05/08/2021, we have increased the goal by $4,000 to $40,000, to cover the cost of a medical report requested by the lawyer, as well as credit/debit card and PayPal fees. Thank you for your ongoing support.
Notice of appeal filed in the Federal Court
With the generous support of our donors, we are pleased to report that we have filed our Notice of Appeal in the Federal Court. We will be arguing in court that it was not open to the Department to reject a duly certified medical exemption from a medical practitioner. Since 2016, the Department has adopted…
Details of the Vaccine Medical Exemptions Challenge
Why are we taking legal action? During 2015, the federal parliament amended family assistance legislation by abolishing conscientious objection vaccine exemptions for eligibility for Child Care Subsidy and also reduced Family Tax Benefit by approximately $29 per fortnight. This was dubbed the No Jab No Pay [1] law and took effect on 1 January 2016.…